New Math Game for Homeschooling!

I went to a hobby Shop with the boys last night and happened across some different kinds of dice. The numbers varied. I discovered they had 20 sided dice. Brilliant idea popped into my head. MATH GAME!! I decided to invest in 4 dice. 2 for each. That way they can play their "game" at the same time. Katie will roll and multiply the numbers and Leo will vary between adding and subtracting. This morning they just wanted to jump right into it! SCORE!! I am excited to get them really started with it. I want to make it more adventurous than just doing math. Maybe some sort of beat the time or create some game board to go with it. I am just not sure yet. But I am sure I can come up with something. I am just glad the kids were excited to get started with it. I had to take them away because Katie was getting frustrated with not having a notebook to work the problems out and Leo was getting frustrated because he is not yet into subtracting double digits from double digits. Funny kids.

Photo from here.

my new Nexus

did I ever tell you about how much I love my new Nexus. I just discovered this new way of typing. I have a microphone button on my keyboard I just tap that and start talking and it types everything out for me. And now I have just discovered how to end my sentences. I am writing this blog post just by talking. I think technology is wonderful. I don't even have to think how to spell anymore.

I love giving the different commands. Every time I end a sentence I just have to tell it to end it. And to go to the next line all I have to do is tell it to go to the next line. Not using those words but if I use those words it will do it.I know this supposed might not make much sense but I love my Nexus.

I do love to sew!!

I just can't seem to get enough of sewing! I love it! I feel like I have accomplished something when I finish sewing a project. Well, most of my sewing projects (not quilts) I accomplish in one day. And it always feels great. And then I want to show everyone!! Well, I was planning on posting this when I did it anyway. I have had some of the materials needed cut out for a long, long, LONG time now. I just needed to cut out the rest and do it! So here it is:

I have no claim to picture taking and that's ok with me. But I must say I do know how to sew. So this "diaper" bag (it will become the church bag as soon as I don't need to call it a diaper bag) consists of 3 pockets on the inside and 2 hooks sewn into the inside as well. There are also 2 side pockets located on the outside. I love the pockets on the inside. And I love that I did the lining in black. I would have lined it in white but I didn't have any white so I just used what I had on hand (I have been trying to do that lately). And I love that I put in 2 hooks! I am not sure where I got the straps from but they had hooks on them so I re-purposed the straps and hooks for the purpose of this bag. I did the straps a little different than I had planned. I wanted it all covered in the material. I sewed the strips of material to the straps on one side and the guessed-amated how much to cut. Well, I cut the fabric too short. So I just folded it in and sewed along the other side. And I love it!! I remember after I made my first bag many (6) years ago and after all was said and done and I had used it for a while that if I were to do it over again I would have done the inside pockets different. The pattern only calls for one pocket on the inside. I knew I wanted more so I did put another on the other side. But I didn't like that they were both the same size. So this time I did the 2 smaller pockets. I have so many more uses for separate smaller pockets. I can't wait to put this bag to use. I don't know if I want to hold out till the baby is born or just go ahead and start taking it to church. I think I would really like to feel like I am using something new after the baby is born. I don't really want it to get dirty before the baby comes. But it is oh so cute!!

And Katie loves it and wants me to make her one as well.... we will see.

And for those that don't frequent my pregnancy blog (and thats ok, you don't have to), I have decided to use cloth diapers this time and I am making the diapers myself. I am really excited about this. I have started making the newborn ones and am very happy with them so far. Just wish I had a newborn to try them out on. Oh well. Here it is, the first one I made:

There is more info on my other blog if you want to read more about this adventure. Just click the link on my side bar.

Kid speak.

Leo: "Katie, do you lack wisdom?"

My Bun!

On my side bar I have posted a link to my blog of my pregnancy experience thus far. It has been fun posting about how I am feeling both physically and emotionally slash mentally. Check it out if you want, or don't. Its up to you. You can access it from my side bar or just click HERE! Happy Blogging to everyone!

Hey friends....

Guess WHAT!!

Yup, 20 weeks along!!

Hair Cut

Ok now I am somewhat caught up.

Well, Katie and I have been talking for a couple of weeks now about her hair being a problem. Its always in knots, it hurts to brush it because of the knots. If its not braided everyday its in knots, always in her food, static, and on and on! So we looked into where we could donate her hair. I have always done locks of love but then found out they charge cancer patients for the wigs. But my sister knew of a company that gives the cancer patients the wigs for free. So I found out from here what company it was and it is Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Sold. And they only require a minimum of 8 inches. Not 10. So we got Katie's hair washed and freshly clean, tied it in a rubber band. I measured and said we could do 10 or go down to 8 and Katie chose 10.

Please pardon the unsightly background. Its just where we did the cutting so Katie could watch.

Leo became my photographer for the cutting. He's not so good with making sure it's focused.

And WHOPPIN' 11 INCHES!!!!

So this profile of hers LOOKS JUST LIKE ME AS A KID!!!!

Holding her hair.

After all is said and done and all evened up.

She looks nine now... and that's less than a month away!

She has been thrilled about it all day!! She carried a little brush around the house, all day...

This could have been a better picture (below) if I were a better photographer. I wanted to capture what she looked like from where I was sitting because she just looked so darn cute, but I had to zoom in. So picture quality is awful. So I got up to take the picture close and something about it had changed when I moved closer. I didn't know what it was till just a few min. ago.

When I got closer she had shoved her hair behind her ears and it totally changed the look altogether.

SEE WHAT I MEAN!!

But she is adorable and she loves it!! And I love that she loves it. I guess since I never got a chance to have long hair like her as a kid I didn't ever like my hair if it was above my shoulders after a cut. 

She even moves her head differently now.

Its fun to watch.